Feeding the ducks

One of my earliest memories is of feeding the ducks with my Mum. It’s a fundamental part of childhood as far as I’m concerned. It’s something all kids should do, Monkey has always loved it, well almost always. Things can get rather manic if you ever decide to feed the ducks/geese and swans in the centre of Stratford Upon Avon – it’s not for the faint hearted. Any last Saturday morning, the sun was out. Monkey and I were both feeling a bit under the weather. We didn’t want to be out for long, but I thought feeding the ducks would cheer us both up.

It did! Simple things, a happy half hour, wandering around our local pond, being followed by hungry ducks.

I do love Monkey, I was especially proud when he took the empty bread bag and put it in the bin. No prompting, just an action, an understanding that litter belongs in the bin. Sadly not all visitors to the duck pond are so well-behaved.

We enjoyed feeding the ducks, we enjoyed our stroll in the sunshine, we enjoyed seeing evidence of growing daffodils, of Spring approaching!

Our bread was gone, it was time to head home, lunch was calling. Needless to say, within an hour the heavens had opened again! More blooming rain.

Like this:

Related

About Over 40 and a Mum to One

I'm a Mum in my late 40′s with an 8 year old son. I had a busy life in Export Sales before my Monkey came along, but decided to become a stay at home Mum once he arrived. Now I enjoy writing my own family lifestyle and travel blog. sharing the adventures that we have as Monkey makes his journey through school. We have a cat called Brewster who makes appearances and I’m a mad Ferrari Formula 1 fan, so that expect to hear about as each season unfolds. We love reviewing days out, toys, games and books and would love the opportunity to look at anything that fits in with our family lifestyle. We are always out and about and offering an insight on the places we visit, with a passion for nature thrown in for good measure. If you like what you read please leave me a comment, I love to hear from people, and always try to reply. Enjoy the read.

Feeding the ducks is always fun – one of those simple pleasures that never grows old! Lovely to read that he put the litter in the bin too, it makes me so sad to see rubbish blowing around these beautiful places. Great photos, I love the light on the water 🙂

I hope you are both feeling better now! It’s amazing how the little things in life are sometimes the best, you certainly picked the right time to venture out. Thanks for linking up and sharing your sunny photos with Country Kids.

Follow me on Bloglovin

Archives

Categories

I'm a member of

Affiliate Disclosure

Over 40 and a Mum to One is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to https://www.amazon.co.uk